Broom holder



L L. 'EFINGER. BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATXON FILED JULY 91 1921.

3,678. Patented. my 25, 1922.

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gwue'ni orr, 0/7/7 Age Oeffivger JOHN LEE OEFINGEB, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BROOM. HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1922.

Application filed July 9, 1921. Serial No. 483,561.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Lnn OEFINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to broom holders and has for its object the production ofa device of this type that shall be exceedingly simple in construction and still be of a substantial and rugged design.

I am aware that various types of broom holders have been made some of which embody, broadly some of the features that I.

use, but so far as I am aware, I am the first one to make a holder embodying all of the specific features of construction of my present device. p

In order to more clearly describe my invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 shows a plan view of my device.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same and Fig. 8 shows my device attached to the wall and supporting a broom.

In the drawings the same reference characters refer to the same parts in the several views.

My holder consists of a supporting memberl which is formed of a reversely bent member one part 2 being provided with a screw threadedportion 3, the other part 4 having the endportion 5 thereof wound around the member 2 just above the threaded portion; The two members 2 and 4 form an enlarged circular opening 6 at their point of juncture. Secured to the support 1 is a ring 7 having a hooked portion 8 for engagement with the loop 6. Ring 7 has an internal diameter somewhat larger than that of a broom handle.

My device is employed as follows:

The holder is fastened to wall 9 by screwing the threaded portion 3 thereof into the surface of the wall until the coiled portion 5 comes into contact therewith, care being taken to adjust the rotary position of the support so that ring 7 will be free to move vertically about its pivot.

The handle 10 of broom 11 is inserted into ring 7 from below. It will be found that when the broom is released it will not slide out of the ring 7 but will be firmly held in its suspended position.

In order to remove the broom. the outer edge of ring 7 is raised and thereby its hold on the broom will be released permitting the broom to be withdrawn.

Although I have described my device as a broom holder it is. of course, evident that it is as well adapted to support any article having a handle like a broom, such, for example, as afmop. It can also be used as a support for handles of various kinds sold in stores, such as handles for hoes, rakes, forks, etc. making a neat and economical way of supporting and displaying these articles.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

A broom holder consisting of a support which is reversely bent intermediate its ends .to form an eye forthe support of a ring, one

end of said support having a threaded portion, the other end being coiled about the threaded end .just above the threaded portion thereof and a wire ring having one end of the wire formed into an eyelet connected to the eye of said support.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

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